Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Turning the Tide 1941-42 Bad Days for the Allies ––M––Most of EUROPE was in German hands ––G––Germany controlled much of the Soviet…
Slide 1Battle in the West - D Day & Beyond Slide 2 Battle in the West – D Day & Beyond From the Battle of Britain to the invasion of Italy… -increased resistance…
Slide 1 Slide 2 World War II 1939-1945 Slide 3 Hitler’s Lightning War Germany used “Blitzkrieg” – or lightening war Planes bombed airfields, factories, towns,…
Slide 1THE ALLIES TURN THE TIDE To defeat the axis powers the allies had to commit to themselves to a total war. Slide 2 Objectives Understand how nations devoted all of…
Slide 1 Yet at this point, Germany, Italy and Japan still have the upper hand! Slide 2 And then Japan ATTACKS the American navy fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii! - December…
Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 GERMANY 1918-45 THE WAR YEARS 1939-45 Slide 4 THE PERIODS It helps to divide the war into phases as follows: 1.1939-41: success 2.1941-43: problems…
Slide 1 BATTLE OF THE BULGE: Slide 2 The Ardennes Offensive - a last-ditch effort By late 1944, Germany was unmistakably losing the war. The Soviet Red Army was closing in…
Slide 1 The Allies Turn the Tide Chapter 14.3 Slide 2 All Out War 1942 Allies in bad shape Total war Govt increases power-rationing, conversion of industry, bonds, limit…
Slide 1 What is a hero? Slide 2 Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge, so named because of the westward bulging shape of the battleground on a map, lasted from mid-December…
Slide 1 WORLD WAR II Slide 2 CAUSES OF THE WAR EUROPE: – Harsh treatment of Germany after WWI –New alliances (fascist countries) –Hitler’s unification with Austria…